2012 Previews

[gblvr]

It's preview time!

Previews can be anything you want: quotes from a beta reader, a snippet of your story, movie-style trailers, book blurbs, fan mixes, art -- anything goes, as long as you follow the rules below.

* Story previews may be no longer than 750 words
* Art previews may be no larger than 400 X 400 px (you may post multiple images)
* All previews must be posted behind a cut
* All previews must be posted to the comm as a public entry (I will give posting access to people who need it.)

If you're an author or artist and you'd like to sign up for a preview date, please copy and paste the contents of the box below into a comment (along with your answers!):

<b>Author/Artist DW Username:</b> <b>1st Choice for Posting Date:</b> <b>2nd Choice for Posting Date:</b>


October 1st
1. tarlanx (art)
2.
3.
4.

October 2nd
1. Thothkristen (art & story)
2.
3.
4.

October 3rd
1. clwilson2006 (art)
2. anuminis
3. rabidfan
4.

October 4th
1. issaro (will be posted by gblvr)
2.
3.
4.

October 5th
1. mific (art)
2. velocitygrass
3.
4.

October 6th
1. mific (story)
2. tarlanx (story)
3. valika
4. kazbaby
4. tzzzz

October 7th
1.
2.
3.
4.




(Please note -- previews are optional. If you don't want to post a preview, you don't have to!)

Comments

[mific]

Author/Artist DW Username: mific
1st Choice for Posting Date: Oct 7th (story)

1st Choice for Posting Date: Oct 5th (art)

[tarlanx]

Author/Artist DW Username: Tarlan/Tarlanx

ART
1st Choice for Posting Date: Oct 1st
2nd Choice for Posting Date: Oct 2nd

STORY
1st Choice for Posting Date: Oct 6th
2nd Choice for Posting Date: Oct 5th

[gblvr]

I've got your days. I meant for the Oct 7th to be the 6th, and just caught that it was wrong -- do you still want your story preview on the 6th?

[gblvr]

I've added your days!

[thothkristen]

Author DW Username: Thothkristen (I will also be posting the art but I do not know what my artist's DW name is).

ART
1st Choice for Posting Date: Oct. 2nd
2nd Choice for Posting Date: Oct. 3rd

Story
1st Choice for Posting Date: Oct. 2nd
2nd Choice for Posting Date: Oct. 3rd

[clwilson2006]

Author/Artist DW Username: clwilson2006

preview for art

1st Choice for Posting Date: oct 3
2nd Choice for Posting Date: oct 4

[mific]

The 6th is still ok, yes. Cheers.

[velocitygrass]

Author/Artist DW Username: velocitygrass
1st Choice for Posting Date: October 5th
2nd Choice for Posting Date: October 6th

[anuminis]

Author/Artist DW Username: anuminis
1st Choice for Posting Date: October 3rd
2nd Choice for Posting Date: October 4th

[rabidfan]

I'm sorry to admit this...

...but I need info! How do I load my preview and ultimately my story? Do I send it to the mods or directly post to the forum? I'm new this year. Help a girl out? Please? Soon??

(Okay, I figured out part of it, but not the final part! I know, I know. I'm only a rookie once, I promise!)

[rabidfan]

Author/Artist DW Username:rabidfan
1st Choice for Posting Date:October 3rd
2nd Choice for Posting Date:October 4th

[gblvr]

Nothing's been posted yet on how to upload stories, as I only just got info on how to make a new collection on AO3. Look for something tomorrow night.

Also? Breathe. It'll all be okay. Promise. ;-)

[gblvr]

Your days are added!

[gblvr]

Your day is added!

[gblvr]

Your day is added!

[gblvr]

Your day is added, but you need to join the community, so you can post....

[gblvr]

Your day is added!

[issaro.livejournal.com]

I can't leave the 4th all empty and sad! You can put me down for a story preview.

Author/Artist DW Username: issaro
1st Choice for Posting Date: Oct 4th
2nd Choice for Posting Date: Oct 2nd

[rabidfan]

::breathes in...breathes out::

Thanks!

[rabidfan]

Thank you!

[issaro.livejournal.com]

Except, wait, I'm not sure I *can* post without an account....

[gblvr]

I'll put you down for the 4th; send me your stuff, and I'll post it for you.

[valika]

Artist DW Username: Valika
1st Choice for Posting Date: October 6
2nd Choice for Posting Date: October 5

[tzzzz]

Author/Artist DW Username: tzzzz (story)
1st Choice for Posting Date: October 4th
2nd Choice for Posting Date: October 5th

[issaro.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Sent to the abb mod account (Story Preview for Tomorrow for gblvr). Please let me know if there's another account you'd like it forwarded to.

[kazbaby]

Artist DW Username: kazbaby
1st Choice for Posting Date: October 6
2nd Choice for Posting Date: October 7

[gblvr]

Got it -- I'll post it in a few minutes! (Sorry for the delay!)

[gblvr]

I missed this comment -- do you want the 6th or 7th instead?

[tzzzz]

The 6th is fine.

[gblvr]

I put you on the 6th....

[gblvr]

Thanks, hon -- I'll add you for tomorrow.

[gblvr]

I put you down for the 6th.

[kazbaby]

Thanks! I'm trying to post it before I head to bed but I don't have permission to post. Was I supposed to send you the preview instead?

[tzzzz]

Maybe I am being an idiot, but I can't figur out how to post. Can you post the following excerpt for me:

Title: Lost Worlds
Author: Tzzzz
Artist: anuminis


. . . the tent flap flew opened and in stepped the most beautiful man Rodney had seen in . . . possibly forever. Maybe it was just the dry spell of being surrounded by sexual harassment lawsuits waiting to happen half the year, or heat stroke or one too many sips of local vodka of suspicious quality, but the man who stood before him absolutely took his breath away: spiky black hair, gorgeous hazel eyes, an almost feminine jawline covered by dark stubble that succeed in making him rakish enough to step off the cover of any swashbuckling romance novel. Not to mention the way his khaki cargo pants hugged his ass when he turned around to secure the tent flap with practiced ease.

"Whatcha drinking? Pour me a glass?" he asked. It was only after he'd made his way right up into Rodney's personal space that Rodney noticed the cane that he shifted from his right hand to his left in order to shake hands with Rodney. The top of it glinted a golden amber color.

"John Sheppard, Sheppard Industries." His handshake was firm and his eyes smiled, looking Rodney over speculatively.

Rodney had no idea who he was, of course, and was wondering how to say 'I don't care who you are, just take me right here' in a tactful way when John's smile faltered. "You know, Sheppard Industries, the company funding your dig?"

Not a helicopter delivered cabana boy, then. "Oh, um, well, yes." Shit, shit, shit. Rodney didn't even know their grant came from a single source. Though Sheppard Industries did sound familiar. Maybe Elizabeth had mentioned it the last time she'd nagged him about raising money for a new natural history building. "Thank you, for that - the, um, the funding. We are doing good work out here. Really necessary funding. I, um, should I give you a tour? Sorry, my secretary didn't tell me you had planned to visit the site. I didn't think that CEOs of utility companies were so interested in their charitable donations." He fumbled a tumbler (which he could only hope was clean) and poured John a very generous drink. "But, here, have some vodka. Only the first sip really burns."

"Thanks." John shot it back as though it were plain water. Rodney watched his Adam's apple and the delicate line of his neck as he swallowed. "Though I'm not the CEO of Sheppard Industries. That would be my father. I head up research and development and we are actually funding your lab as a research partner, not through a grant. I thought you knew that."

Rodney waved his concern away, pouring himself another vodka. "Details."

"Well, as part of our partnership, I was hoping you'd do me a favor."

"What kind of favor?"

"A week of your time to come out to look at a little project of mine and give your expert opinion."

"Sure. Just call my office. Miko will set something up."

John chuckled. "See, I don't think that's going to work for me, McKay. I did go to all the trouble of flying out here. I'd like to get more than a glass of vodka out of it."

"We're in the middle of a dig! I can't exactly leave the moron brigade out here unsupervised. Unless you want your precious skeletons to look like a dog's favorite bone when we finally get them out of the ground. Besides, I have my niece out here with me. She just lost her parents. In a very delicate place and all. I couldn't possibly--"

"Bring her along. I'm sure Mr. Woolsey (my bloodsucking lawyer), will appreciate her input. And I could care less about the skeletons. This project goes well and you'll never have to actually dig again. I'll tell you what - I'll even sweeten the deal by funding your research for the next three years."

"Pfft. I'm the foremost expert in virtual paleontology. They're practically tearing down the door to fund me, without dropping a helicopter on my dig site to whisk me off to god knows where."

"So," Sheppard practically purred, taking a limping step forward and looking up at Rodney through impossibly long lashes, "there's absolutely nothing I could do to get you to spend a week on a private island with me? That's too bad." He gave Rodney the very obvious once over. "Because I think if you'd give it a try, it could prove to be mutually satisfying."

[valika]

I couldn't post unfortunately, I don't have the posting access.:(
But because it's almost golive time, maybe a preview is not neccesary.